One Brief Moment

When a small child, I thought that success spelled happiness. I was wrong, happiness is like a butterfly which appears and delights us for one brief moment, but soon flits away. ~ Anna Pavlova

Thanks for viewing!

Thanks to Catherine W. @wannabe for sharing that this is commonly known as the hummingbird moth. And thanks to Hope @mzzhope for identifying this as a Pink-spotted Hawk Moth.

To see this little guy in flight, see yesterday's image:
http://365project.org/genealogygenie/365/2014-07-22

[Harbie]

Super capture!

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Beautifully captured

[Lyn Berriman]

Gorgeous!

[Darren Juden]

Fab! - lovely colours, FAV!

[Shepherdman's Wife]

Another beautiful shot of this moth. Fantastic. Fav

[Debi 🐩]

Very nice indeed

[Judith Johnson]

Amazing, such a beautiful species. Lovely colour and composition

[Hazel]

I love your shot and quote. fav.

[Laerke Thorndal]

Wow, what a colour orgie! Gorgeous :)

[Richard Hickey]

Awesome macro. Congratulations on making the Trending Page. Well deserved.

[Carole Imes]

Inspirational quote.....beautiful butterfly and very nice composition. Fav!

[Sue Hecker]

my, oh, my, takes my breath away...is that a hummingbird moth? doesn't matter because it's gorgeous & a fav.

[Maddie B.]

Hi Kim- My get-pushed challenge for you is a low-key black and white.

[Denise fuller]

Beautiful shot

[Christine]

Beautiful butterfly

[*lynn]

nice capture... wonderful colors

[Loopy-Lou]

Awesome capture, so pretty and lovely dof.

[Sue Wilde]

So beautiful and such perfect focus

[Corinne]

Wonderful colors !

[Candace]

Instant fav!

[Stephanie Swift]

Stunningly lovely, another fav!

[Milanie]

Love this one's colors - beautiful shot.

[alta]

Wow! Stunning! Those wings are so unique.

[Catherine W.]

I'm so glad I saw your picture. I took a picture of one of these last night and I had no idea what it was. I didn't post it because it was not in focus. Awesome shot and now that I looked up white lined sphinx I learned that it is commonly known as the hummingbird moth so you and @featherstone are both right! Fav for sure!!!

[Leah]

This is beautiful!!! I've never seen or heard of something like this!!! Awesome capture!!! Love your shot and a fav!!!

[Susan C Clow]

A really beautiful image. I love the moth and the flowers and colors are so well mixed FAV

[Taffy]

I've never seen anything like this. It's beautifully captured too.

[Kathy]

Wowzer!!!! I seen one of these just once...no camera of course, but I was as astounded and in awe then as I am now!! Beautiful capature and details. Love those butterfly bushes!!

[Tony]

Amazingly clear capture and wonderful colours.

[Call me Joe]

Gorgeous shot and words :)

[Lady Magpie (Heather)]

Great close-up capture, instant FAV from me.

[carol white]

Beautiful capture:-) FAV!!

[Paula W]

I have only see one of these once and I couldn't believe what I was seeing, they really do look like tiny hummingbirds don't they. Super shot, lovely colours.

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Super shot!

[Sheralee S]

Such a beautiful moth and fantastic capture!

[Hope D Jennings]

Girrrrrrrl!You are on a ROLL another amazing capture.Your images of this Hawk Moth take my breath away.another giant fav!

[Richard Hickey]

Congratulations on making PP. Well deserved.